Vazhathandu which is nothing but the Banana Stem Usually we make curry and sambhar in this stem here i have done it as a buttermilk which is so very healthy for all of us mainly for people who suffer from kidney stone if they frequently have this like weakly thrice it is the best medicine for it. And also this is a great remedy especially for all the men and for women who suffer from UTI , heart burn, indigestion, diabetic people too, So do give this a try guys.

Banana stem is the stem which is the inner most layer of the plantain so when you use this make sure to remove the outer layers . Where as the best part is this mor or buttermilk can be made using the outer layer which is chopped i the knife and then should be blended because there is more fiber in this and it can damage your mixer grinder’s life so keep that in your mind.

I just added some extra flavors on my own i usually do that for a kick, a little bit of cumin, just one or two whole pepper some methi which is the fenugreek seeds some coriander fresh leaves and some curry leaves if you have and some salt and a hint of lemon juice and Green chilly to it thats it our heavenly awesome buttermilk with banana stem is all ready

Now lets see the full recipe of it

Prep Time: 5 min Serves: 3

Ingredients :

Curd – 2 cups

Salt – 2 tsp

Asafoetida powder – a pinch

Green chilly – just a bit for flavor just avoid if you don’t have to

Ginger – a small piece

Peppercorns – 3 to 4

Fenugreek seeds – 3 to 4

Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp

Coriander leaves – few

Lemon juice – 3 drops

Preparation :

Just chop the banana stem like i have shown and add it to your blender

Add all the above shown ingredients

Just grind it to a paste add more water while grinding

Take a big mixing bowl and a strainer

Just pour the grounded mixture to it and squeeze out all the water content in it

Finally you get a greenish grey water out of it

Immediately add some curd to the same blender blend it well until you get the froth